考博英语模拟试卷315
词汇
1.The government slated new elections in the spring, largely as a result of the public clamor.(A)
A. demand
B. view
C. request
D. opinion
解析：本题中，clamor的意思是“大声的要求”。A项“demand(强烈的)要求”符合题意，如：Ives listened to the workers’demand for more money．(艾夫斯听了工人们增加工资的要求。)其他三项“view观点，见解；request请求，(委婉的)要求；opinion意见，看法”都不正确。
2.The most prolific writer is not necessarily the best.(B)
A. written-about
B. productive
C. artful
D. religious
解析：本题中，prolific的意思是“多产的”。B项“productive多产的”符合题意，如：a productive farm(肥沃的农场)。written-about的意是“关于书面的”；artful的意思是“狡猾的”；religious的意思是“虔诚的”，都不正确。
3.Imagine my vexation when they said they would come to dinner and then didn’t show.(C)
A. enlightenment
B. astonishment
C. annoyance
D. contrariness
解析：本题中，vexation的意思是“恼怒，烦恼”。C项“annoyance烦恼，恼怒”符合题意。其他三项“enlightenment启迪，教化；astonishment惊讶；contrariness反对”都不正确。
4.Any troop of wild animals should be approached warily.(D)
A. fearlessly
B. confidently
C. silently
D. prudently
解析：本题中，warily的意思是“小心警惕地”。D项“prudently谨慎地，慎重地”符合题意，如：be modest and prudent(谦虚谨慎)。其他三项“fearlessly勇敢地；confidently信赖地，安心地；silently默默地，静静地”都不正确。
5.There is little learning involved when one is reprimanded two or three months after the deed.(B)
A. recommended
B. reproached
C. recompensed
D. reversed
解析：本题中，reprimand的意思是“斥责，谴责”。B项“reproach责备”符合题意，如：His mother reproached him for his bad manners．(他的母亲责备他礼貌不周。)其他三项“recommend推荐；recompense报偿；reverse翻转”都不正确。
6.Archaeologists are interested in pottery, figurines and other vestiges of ancient civilizations.(A)
A. traces
B. shards
C. products
D. artifacts
解析：本题中，vestiges的意思是“遗迹，痕迹”。A项“traces痕迹，踪迹”符合题意，如：They searched the building but did not find any trace of the criminal．(他们搜查了这座楼房，可是没有发现罪犯的点踪迹。)其他三项“shards(玻璃或陶瓷器皿的)碎片；products产品；artifacts手工艺品”都不正确。
7.Packaging is designed so as to encourage impetuous shopping.(D)
A. extravagant
B. careful
C. impotent
D. impulsive
解析：本题中，impetuous的意思是“冲动的”。D项impulsive“冲动的”符合题意，如：an impulsive action(受时感情所驱使的行动)。其他三项“extravagant奢侈的，浪费的；careful小心的，仔细的；impotent无力的，虚弱的”都不正确。
8.Pan of his general thrift is to be meticulous in verifying monthly expenses.(A)
A. painstaking
B. dilatory
C. meretricious
D. gaudy
解析：本题中，meticulous的意思是“非常仔细的，严谨的，注意细节的”。A项“painstaking仔细的，精心的，用心的”符合题意，如：make pains taking investigations(进行过细的调查)。其他三项“dilatory拖拉的；meretricious俗气的，金玉其外的，虚饰的；gaudy华而不实的，俗丽的”都不正确。
9.The jurors came to a deadlock in the defendant’s trial for murder.(C)
A. a decision of guilty
B. a decision to punish by electrocution
C. an impasse
D. an unusual verdict
解析：本题中，deadlock的意思是“僵局”。C项“impasse僵局”符合题意，如：reached an impasse in the negotiations(谈判过程中陷入了僵局)。其他三项“guilty有罪的；electrocution电刑；verdict裁决，判决”都不正确。
10.Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.(C)
A. guidance
B. sovereignty
C. authority
D. suzerainty
解析：本题中，jurisdiction的意思是“权限”。C项“authority职权”符合题意，如：Deputies were given authority to make arrests．(代表们被授予拘捕权。)其他三项“guidance
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